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UNITED STATES WILBUR F. BROWN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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Application filed April 10, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that TVILBUR F. DROWN, citizen of the United States, residing at 1027 12th St. NTV, city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, has invented certain new and useful Improvement in Games, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to games and more particularly to a fortune telling device.

The main object of the invention is to provide a fortune telling device founded on the principle that fortunes depend upon a number of factors, for example, desire, personality and will, and arranged to operate to indicate chance combinations of a variety of examples of such factors.

Another object is to provide a device of the above character which may be readily understood and operated with a minimum amount of mental and physical effort, or previous instruction.

Various other objects of the invention will be apparent from a perusal of the following specification and the drawings accompanying the same.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 is a box or container in which a plurality of rectangular cards 2, 3, 4, and 5 are arranged one above the other, the lower card covering the bottom of the box and the superimposed cards 3, 4, and 5 having circular openings in their centers progressively increasing in size from the bottom up, so as to expose ring-shaped areas B and C on the interposed cards 4 and 3, respectively, with the opening of the upper card 5.

On the lower card 2, concentric with the openings in the superimposed cards, is mounted a spindle post 6 on which is pivoted a number of indicating hands 7, 8 and 9, extending slightly over the edges of the openings in the cards 3, 4, and 5, respectively the hands being suitably separated as by washers 10, to allow of independent movement.

The cards 3, 4, and 5 are divided circumferentially of their opening by radial lines to form a plurality of circularly arranged divisions on which are printed expressions Serial No. 631,244.

of different variants of the factors represented by the different cards. For example, the inner circle on card 3 bears expres sions relating to the will, the middle circle on card 4 bears expressions relating to the personality while the outer card bears matter relating to desire.

To operate the device, the hands are simply spun around by a quick movement of the hand of the operator, allowing them to stop where they may and the fortune read ofi from the spaces on the different cards where the hands stop.

In combination with the readings, the spaces on the different cards are also numbered consecutively in two colors, say red and black, distinguished in the drawing by solid and dotted lines respectively, a pair of red numbers alternating with a single black number so as to have twice as many red numbers as there are black numbers. This differentiation in the color of the numbers is used for wishing in which use of the device the probability of obtaining the wish is determined by spinning the hands and interpreting the color combinations as fol lows:

1. If all of the hands stop at red numbers, you will get your wish fully and soon.

2. If two hands stop at red and one at black, you will get your wish after some delay.

3. If two hands stop at black and one at pecll, you may get your wish, but it is doubt- 4. If all the hands stop at black, you will not get your wish.

For reading fortunes by birth date, the hands are placed without whirling as indicated below for the different dates and the spaces there indicated read off.

Jan. 20 to Feb. 18, 2 B10 C 5 Feb. 19 to Mar. 20, A 3 B 8 G 7 Mar. 21 to Apr. 20, A 4 B 6 C10 Apr. 21 to May 20, A 5 B 4 C11 May 21 to Jun. 20, A 6 B 2 C12 Jun. 21 to Jul. 21, A 7 B 1 C 9 Jul. 22 to Aug.21, A 8 B 3 C 8 Aug. 22 to Sep. 21, A 9 B 5 C 6 Sep. 22 to Oct. 22, A10 B 'Z' G 3 Oct. 23 to Nov. 21, All B 9 C 2 Nov. 22 to Dec. 20, A12 B11 C 1 Dec. 21 to Jan. 19, A 1 B12 C 4 To avoid complexity in the drawings only three of the readings in the different spaces are shown, but it is to be understood that other readings should appear in all the other spaces, for example as follows:

1 Outer circle.

A. 1. In your profession or business you will meet with great success, after some delay and discouragement.

A. 2. Your inventive ability will make you a fortune. You will have a delightful home life.

A. 3. You will travel much by water, make money easily, have a magnificent home and a large family.

A. You will be happily married, attain National Fame, with comfortable wealth.

A. 5. You will take great interest in pub lic affairs, make and spend a lot of money; will marry when quite young.

A. 6. In artistic or literary work you will shine; will live to ripe old age, and will have hosts of friends.

A. 7. You will be known as a Globe trotter; will have many love affairs; finally will marry some one with wealth and position.

A. 8. You will meet with financial success; vill have some sorrow, but more joy in life. You will say, Lifes worth living.

A. 9. Yours will be a professional career. After a struggle you will win fame and for tune.

A. 10. You will be elected to a political office. Your marriage will contribute largely to your success.

A. 11. Your life will be a great blessing to the world. Yours will be a helpful career, such as doctor, teacher, or lecturer.

A. 12. You will be a musician, designer or architect. Love for your art may cause you to post-pone marriage for years.

Second or middle circle.

B. 1. You lead rather than follow. inclined to talk about yourself.

B. 2. You are vivacious, restless and men tally brilliant; usually very happy or very miserable.

B. 3. You are magnetic and charming; have strong will-power and determination.

B. 4. You are very intellectual; a natural born leader. You have a tendency to eat and drink too much.

B. You are cool, calm and confident, orderly and systematic. Qften too critical and intolerant.

B. 6. You are enthusiastic and ambitious. You have a quick temper, usually under good control.

B. 7 You have great respect for law and order, are generous and naturally religious. You are liable to be imposed upon.

B. 8. You love pets, are romantic and hospitable, are very sensitive, and inclined to be discontented.

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B. 9. You are strong and decided and believe that what is worth doing is worth doing well. You are inclined to be jealous and fault-finding.

B. 10. You are naturally sociable, original and independent. You are inclined to be late in keeping engagements.

B. 11. You are affectionate, loyal, sincere and self-reliant. Make quick decisions, often to your detriment.

B. 12-. You are sympathetic, patient and industrious; inclined to be self-conscious, and have fits of the blues.

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C. 1. Do not work too hard. Play some every day. alk, ride or fly.

C. 2. Believe in people. You are not always right. Be more optimistic.

C. 3. Dont overdo. Be moderate. Seek rest and quiet often. Be cheerful and look ahead. 1

C. 4. Avoid melancholy. You are a suc cess. Other people see you in a better light than you see yourself. r

C. 5. Have a fixed purpose; make up your mind and stick to it. Dont get excited.

C. 6. Your success depends upon your health; your health depends upon yourself. Dont eat too much. 'Dont be an owl.

C. 7. Dont worry about money matters or accidents. Have confidence. Faith steps out on the seeming void, and finds the solid rock beneath.

C. 8. Dont borrow money, books, trouble or anything. Stick to the truth.

C. 9. Dont be a jack-of-all trades. talk about your plans to everybody.

C. 10. Express your ideas by writing or invention. WVhen you talk about people say one of two things: good or nothing.

C. 11. Dont be exacting or domineering. Remember you can accomplish moreby persuasions than by force.

C. 12. Donthurry, worry, or be conceited. Be deliberate, calm and confident.

Having thus described my invention'what I claim and desire to secure in Letters Patent is:

1. A game of the class described comprising a box, a plurality of superimposed dial cards therein the lowest card being solid and continuous, the next above it having a circular opening, exposing-the central portion of the card below, and the next a larger opening exposing a ring surface of the second card, the exposed central portions constituting a series of circular steps, a vertical Dont spindle mounted centrally on the lowest card, I

a plurality of indicator hands of different lengths pivoted on said spindle to move independently of each other, one for each-perforated card and spaced apart on the spindle to lie over their respective cards and in the stepped spaces formed thereby, and circularly arranged spaces on said dial cards bearing inscriptions representing different factors of a fortune.

2. A game of the class described comprising a plurality of concentric dials, centrally countersunk in steps, a plurality of indicating hands of different lengths, one for each step overlying each dial all pivoted centrally of the dials and arranged to be spun independently of each other, and divisions on said dials bearing representations of difierent elements of a fortune, the elements of any one given dial relating to a common subject and each dial containing elements relating to different subjects.

3. A game of the class described comprising a plurality of vertically spaced spin ning hands of different lengths arranged to be spun all at the same time and to move independently of each other, the shortest at the bottom and the longest at the top, and a dial for each hand having divisions thereon bearing representations of specific examples of different topics of a fortune, each dial bearing specific examples of a common topic, and all the dials being arranged on steps corresponding to the levels of the several hands.

l. A game of the class described comprising three chance controlled selecting devices arranged to be simultaneously operated each to select any one of a plurality of different elements of a fortune, the elements representing different variants of a factor of a fortune and arranged in three groups, one for each indicating device, each group containing variants of the same factor, the mechanical structure for this arrangement comprising fixed dials With three countersunk steps, a central vertical spindle reaching above the highest step, and three pointers or hands freely movable on said spindle, at three different levels and of three difierent lengths so they may point out indications on their respective dials in the countersunk steps.

dicia-bearing game device comprising circular in- 7 cards forming a circular stepped well, and a central spindle carrying hands in said Well, one hand for each card and at the level of that card, the indicia being in separate sets, one for each. card, and the hands separately movable.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

WILBUR F. BROWN. 

